Susan Brooks is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She has worked with individuals, couples and families since 2001 and joined the CareNet staff in 2003. Before entering her counseling practice Susan was a hospital chaplain, a church youth minister, career counselor, and mental health professional with the state of North Carolina. Her areas of special interest are anxiety and depression, grief, persons with chronic illness, career counseling, relationship difficulties, and spiritual direction with individuals and groups. She is certified in interpreting the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, which she uses for career issues, couples counseling and group team building. She works with adolescents as well as adults.

Aquita Burrus, LCSWA

Aquita Burrus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (LCSWA) who joined CareNet Counseling as a clinical resident in 2016. She holds a Certificate in Interdisciplinary Aging from UNC-Chapel Hill, a BS/BA from Salem College, and a Masters in Social Work from Boston University School of Social Work. Aquita works with clients to improve their relationships, health, and overall quality of life. She has experience in specific therapies for depression, bipolar, anxiety, PTSD, and trauma. She helps clients draw from their own strengths while building new skills through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practice. She believes everyone has the strength within themselves to cope when educated about their condition, given treatment options, and equipped with practical skills. She enhances personal awareness by acting as a mirror to reveal strengths and areas for growth. Clinical interests include: aging parent/caregiver issues, mood disorders, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem or lack of fulfillment, and integration of mind, body, and spirit[uality] into therapeutic practice.

H. Leah Creel, MA, MDiv, LPC

Leah Creel is a Licensed Professional Counselor who joined CareNet as a clinical resident in 2013. She earned a Master of Divinity and an MA in Counseling from Wake Forest University and received a BS in Biology from Samford University. Leah provides counseling to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families and is a certified facilitator of “Prepare/Enrich,” an assessment tool for premarital and marital counseling. Leah’s clinical interests include mood disorders, anxiety, grief, crisis, trauma, and the intersection of physical and mental health.

Will Eads, MDiv, FBPPC

Will Eads joined CareNet as a clinical resident counselor in 2013. Will is agraduate of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity (MDiv) andAppalachian State University (BS). His areas of interest and experience incounseling include lifespan development/aging, depression, anxiety,couples therapy, children/adolescents, grief/loss, trauma/addiction,and religion/spirituality. Will is a Fellow in the American Associationof Pastoral Counselors and a certified facilitator in Prepare-Enrich.As both an ordained and licensed Baptist minister, Will comes to CareNet afterhaving served the congregation of First Baptist Church Pilot Mountain asAssociate Pastor/Minister of Youth and Children since 2004. He is a studentat Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry (DMin) in Marriage and Family Therapy and Graduate Theological Foundation pursuing a Doctorate of Psychology (PsyD). Will is a North Carolina Fee Based Practicing Pastoral Counselor (NCFBPPC) and is pursuing licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).

Jeremy Fox, LPCA

Jeremy Fox joined CareNet Counseling as a Clinical Resident in 2016. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate and National Certified Counselor. Jeremy’s education includes UNC-Greensboro (MS in Counseling and EdS in Couples/Family Counseling), Wake Forest University (Master of Divinity), and Campbell University (BA in Religion). Prior to joining CareNet, Jeremy has served as a minister in a local church, a counselor in an opiate treatment program, and a private practice counselor. Jeremy’s clinical interests include depression, anxiety, grief/loss, men’s concerns, anger management, life transitions, stress management, and spirituality.

Samuel T. Gladding is a professor of Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of North Carolina. His academic degrees are from Wake Forest (B.A., M.A.Ed.), Yale University (M.A.R.), and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Ph.D.). Prior to his arrival at Wake Forest in 1990, Sam held academic appointments in counseling at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Fairfield University in Connecticut. He has also been a clinician at a mental health center, worked in private practice, and is a past president of the American Counseling Association.

Morgan Brame Goforth, MA, LPCA

Morgan Goforth is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPCA) who joined CareNet Counseling as a Clinical Resident in 2016. She earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Campbell University. Morgan provides counseling to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families in individual and group settings. Morgan’s clinical interests include anxiety, mood disorders, family conflict, identity and self-esteem issues, stress management, life transitions, and marital counseling.

Kevin Hampton, LMFT

Kevin M. Hampton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who joined the CareNet staff in 2013. He earned his B.S in religious studies and B.A. in psychology from the University of California Los Angeles and his Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Before coming to CareNet, Kevin worked for the Medical University of South Carolina as an outpatient therapist as well as in their psychiatric children’s day treatment program. Kevin has worked extensively with children/youth and families in a variety of settings from downtown Los Angeles, CA to rural parts of South Carolina. Kevin provides therapy services to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. Kevin is trained in “Prepare/Enrich” premarital and marital counseling and has worked with individuals and families with issues related to ADHD, oppositional behaviors, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and PTSD.

Richard Horn, D.Min., LMFT

Dr. Richard Horn is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and is certified by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors at the Fellow Level. He works with individuals, couples and families. An ordained minister with the United Church of Christ, Dr. Horn received his D. Min in psychology and clinical studies from Andover Newton Theological School in Massachusetts. Previously, he was director of the Samaritan Counseling Center of South Florida in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and the Executive Director of the Samaritan Center of North Central Florida in Gainesville, Florida.

Carleton Irving, MA, LPC

Carleton Irving, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been with CareNet since 2009 and additionally has experience with adolescents in a group home setting. He counsels adults, children, adolescents, families, parents and couples. Carleton works with life transitions, depression, anxiety, career counseling, marriages, relational dynamics and spiritual topics. His particular areas of interest include identity or self-esteem concerns, men’s issues, grief and parenting. Carleton is a graduate of Guilford College (BA, 2000) and Liberty University (MA in Professional Counseling, 2010).

Cecilia Marshall, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist NC HSP-P

Cecilia Miller Marshall received her Ph.D. in Counseling and Educational Psychology in 1983 from the University of Mississippi. She is licensed by the North Carolina Psychology Board and has a school psychologist license from the NC Department of Public Instruction. She has practiced in community mental health centers and in private practice and brings more than 25 years experience in working with children, teens, adults, and families. Special areas of interest include students with learning, emotional or behavior problems, children/teens adjusting to parents’ divorce,children, teens, and adults with ADHD or learning disorders, college students with learning, relationship or adjustment problems,children, teens, and adults with depression and anxiety and families in conflict.

Jon-Erik Misz, LCSWA, MDiv

Jon-Erik Misz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate who joined CareNet in 2016. Jon-Erik holds a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School and a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has experience working with children, adolescents and adults of all ages in individual and group settings. His clinical areas of interest include mood disorders, conduct disorders, family conflict, grief, spiritual issues, and the integration of creative arts into therapeutic practice.

Deborah M. Morton, LPC-S, NCC, LMHC

Deborah Morton is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor who joined the CareNet staff in 2013.She has practiced in community based chemical dependency programs, hospital based group therapy programs, physician practices, and private practice, and brings over 23 years of experience in individual, group, and couples therapy. Clinical areas of interest include grief and loss, depression/mood disorders, anxiety disorders, boundary/relationship issues, caregiver stress, life transitions. She is also available for presentations to community organizations. Deborah received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978 and her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Florida in 1990. She holds active licensure in North Carolina as a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor(2006,2011)and is a National Certified Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors(2007).

Adrienne Reich, LPC, LCAS

Adrienne Reich joined CareNet Counseling in November 2011. She has her Master of Arts in Community Counseling from UNC-Charlotte. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS). She has ten years of experience working with individuals, families, and couples. Her areas of interest include marital counseling, substance abuse, eating disorders, depression, parenting, stress management, anxiety, work/life balance, infertility, and postpartum depression.

Melanie Taylor, LMFT

Melanie Taylor is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and certified yoga instructor. She earned her B.S. in child and family development from the University of Georgia and M.S. in marriage and family therapy from Northwestern University. Melanie has worked with couples, families and individuals in outpatient, acute inpatient, partial hospitalization and residential levels of care. She most recently worked at a residential treatment facility for adolescents and their families suffering with eating disorders. Melanie has intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness based treatments and trauma sensitive yoga. Her interests include working with adults and adolescents in individual, couple and family contexts dealing with disordered eating, body image distress, self identity and esteem issues, depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship difficulties, grief and trauma. She also enjoys facilitating therapeutic groups.

Ron Wachs, LPC-S

Ron Wachs is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor. He is anordained United Methodist minister with over fifteen years service in parish ministry. After completing his clinical training in 1992, he worked as apart-time therapist at Baptist Hospital until becoming full-time in 2001. Having previously earned an M.A. from Wake Forest University and a Ph.D. fromUNC-Chapel Hill, he taught History at Atlantic Christian College (now Barton) from 1968 to 1983. His areas of clinical interest include depression, grief and loss, life-stage transitions, issues of aging and EMDR.

Amanda Davis Whicker, MA LPC

Amanda Whicker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who joined the CareNet staff in October 2010. She previously worked at Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Services of Davidson County. Amanda provides counseling to individuals (adults) and couples concerning anger issues, anxiety, loss and grief, relational issues as well as most forms of personal and marital issues. Amanda has particular interest in working with couples and adults, both men and women. Amanda holds a Masters of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling and a Masters of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006 and received a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2001. Amanda was licensed as a Professional Counselor in 2010.

Cathy Wilson, LCSW

Mrs. Wilson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Professional Geriatric Care Manager who joined the CareNet staff in 2005. Her past experience includes several years at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center providing outpatient clinical services, and several years as a solo practitioner in Geriatric Care Management. Mrs. Wilson provides counseling to adults, couples, and families for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, grief, and relationship issues, as well as most forms of personal, marital, and family problems. Her particular area of interest and expertise is working with older adults, their families, and caregivers. In addition to providing counseling for issues related to aging, Mrs. Wilson provides consultation and assessment to older adults and their families on long term care planning, community resources, coordination of family meetings, and crisis intervention. Consultation is also available to church staff on aging-related issues, and she is available for presentations and caregiver training. Mrs. Wilson holds the following degrees: MSSW (social work), University of Louisville 1977; MRE (religious education/social work), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1976; BA (religion), Wake Forest University, 1974.